Monday, May 25, 2015

A Step in the Write Direction--May 25, 2015--dedicated to the military on Memorial Day

A
Step in the Write
Direction

May
25, 2015

Update:
Because today is Memorial Day, I’m dedicating today’s blog to everything
military. My husband was drafted five months after we were married and was
discharged four months before his unit went to Vietnam, so he did lose some
friends. We visited his grave for the first time yesterday at the Veteran’s
Memorial Cemetery. Seeing his name on the stone made it seem so much more real.
Then the family came to our house and we “celebrated” my birthday a day early.
It was difficult this morning as Gary never forgot a birthday or any other
special day. (He didn’t dare, as he could tell you who won the World Series
every year from 1940 on!) To any of you who served or who had family members who
served, THANK YOU. As the song says that my nephew Dave Clark wrote, “Freedom
isn’t free.”

Thought
for the Day:
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size
of the fight in the dog” (General Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 1958, Republican
National Convention).

Song
for the Day:

Am
I a soldier of the Cross, A foll’wer of the Lamb,

And
shall I fear to own His cause, Or blush to speak His name?

Must
I be carried to the skies On flow’ry beds of ease,

While
others fought to win the prize, And sailed thro’ bloody
seas?...

Sure
I must fight if I would reign. Increase my courage, Lord.

I’ll
bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported by Thy Word.

Isaac Watts, “Am I a Soldier of the
Cross?”

Laugh
for the Day:
A soldier leaving an Army base was overheard saying to a buddy,
"This has got to be 'love at first sight'.I'm on an eight-hour-pass."

Writer’s
Tips:

I’m
in a writer’s fog today (is that what happens when you turn a year older?) so,
in honor of Memorial Day I’m sharing the first poem I wrote that our pastor put
in the church bulletin:

About Me

Donna Clark Goodrich, freelance writer, editor, and speaker is a wife, mother of three and grandmother of two. A native of Jackson, Michigan, she has lived in Mesa, Arizona, since 1969. She enjoys teaching at Christian writers conferences. Author of 23 books and over 700 published manuscripts, Donna says, “I write devotional and self-help books to encourage Christians in their daily walk with God, how-to books to train writers, biographies to tell other people's stories, short stories and poetry for readers' enjoyment, and personal experience articles to share how God has helped me through life situations.”
dgood648@aol.com; www.thewritersfriend.net